BBC One | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:10 1 History
00:01:19 1.1 Early years and launching
00:02:33 1.2 Creation of BBC One
00:06:06 1.3 Michael Grade era (1984–1987)
00:10:50 1.4 1990s
00:15:13 1.5 2000s
00:21:58 1.6 The One to Watch campaign
00:24:16 1.7 2010s
00:27:35 2 Subsidiary channel(s)
00:27:45 2.1 BBC One +1
00:28:20 2.2 BBC One HD
00:31:26 3 Contemporary programming
00:40:15 4 Presentation
00:42:05 5 Regional variations
00:43:39 6 Availability outside the UK
00:44:33 7 Accessibility
00:45:10 8 Controllers of BBC One
00:45:20 9 See also
00:45:40 10 Notes and references
00:45:50 11 External links
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BBC One is the first and principal television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960, using this name until the launch of the second BBC channel BBC2 in 1964, whereupon the BBC TV channel became known as BBC1, with the current spelling adopted in 1997.
The channel's annual budget for 2012–13 was £1.14 billion. The channel is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations, and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. It is currently the most watched television channel in the United Kingdom, ahead of its traditional rival for ratings leadership, ITV.
As of June 2013 the channel is headed by Charlotte Moore, the BBC's Director of Content.